BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO OPENS MAY 17 AT KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE
The world premiere of Rajiv Joseph’s Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, presented by Center Theatre Group at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, opens May 17, 2009, and continues through June 7. Previews begin May 10.
Directed by Moisés Kaufman, the cast features (in alphabetical order) Glenn Davis, Brad Fleischer, Arian Moayed, Kevin Tighe, Hrach Titizian, Sheila Vand and Necar Zadegan.
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo is a lyrical, haunting new play set against the backdrop of the war in Iraq, in which the lives and, in some cases, the afterlives of two American soldiers, an Iraqi translator, the ghost of Saddam Hussein’s son Uday, and a Bengal tiger all intersect in a surreal, darkly humorous and gently balanced view of war and its aftermath.
Earlier this year it was announced that Bengal Tiger was selected as an NEA Outstanding New American Play as part of the National Endowment for the Arts New Play Development Program hosted by Arena Stage, and Rajiv Joseph also received the 2009 Kesselring Fellowship for his work on the play. His play Animals Out of Paper in New York recently received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Play. Joseph’s other plays include All This Intimacy, The Leopard and the Fox, and Huck & Holden, which was produced in Los Angeles by the Black Dahlia Theatre in 2006.
Tickets for Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo are available by calling (213) 628-2772, online at http://www.centertheatregroup.org, in person at the Center Theatre Group box office at the Ahmanson Theatre or two hours prior to performances at the Kirk Douglas Theatre box office. The Kirk Douglas Theatre is located at 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA90232.
“HEDDATRON” AT THE DOUGLAS IS POSTPONED INDEFINITELY
“Heddatron,” originally scheduled for July 5 through August 2 as the final production of the Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre 2008-2009 season, will be postponed indefinitely, it was announced today by CTG Artistic Director Michael Ritchie.
“This was a tough decision,” says Ritchie. “‘Heddatron’ is an exceptionally creative play but it’s expensive and we are clearly experiencing financial challenges that other local and national non-profit arts organizations are feeling with this unprecedented global economic downturn.
“In consultation with our board of directors, we are continuing to trim our budgets and carefully plan for the next season so that we can safely ride out this bad economic cycle.”
“Heddatron” ticket holders will be given a credit on their CTG account that can be used toward a donation to CTG, the purchase of tickets to any of the three CTG theatres or a refund.
For further information, please contact CTG Audience Services at
(213) 628-2772.
The world premiere of “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo” by Rajiv Joseph, directed by Moisés Kaufman, is currently in rehearsal at the Douglas Theatre and will begin previews on May 10. The opening is set for May 17 and the production will run through June 7.
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